Closed · SFOP0007818 · CFDA 19.009 · Discretionary

FY 2022 Critical Language Scholarship Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $9M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 2, 2021
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

FY 2022 Critical Language Scholarship Program is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs that offered Up to $9,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 554 other opportunities from Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

up to $9M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.009
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY 2022 Critical Language Scholarship Program is closed (last close June 2, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 19.009 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs still indexes 554 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 2, 2021

Posted Mar 23 Closes Jun 2

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Office of Global Educational Programs of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the FY 2022 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program for one or more award recipients to support the participation of a minimum of 575 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students in overseas summer language institutes and virtual language institutes. The CLS Program is a component of the U.S. Department of State’s effort to increase the number of Americans who learn critical foreign languages in support of the U.S. foreign policy goals of bolstering national security; promoting U.S. competitiveness and economic prosperity; and building mutual understanding with critical regions of the world. The CLS Program is administered by ECA’s USA Study Abroad branch (ECA/A/S/Q). The CLS Program languages for this award, determined annually by ECA, currently include Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. Please see the full announcement for additional details.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors

FY 2022 Critical Language Scholarship Program bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (4 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs book (508 peers, 92% of 555).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Hans Posey

What to do next

FY 2022 Critical Language Scholarship Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 19.009 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Academic Exchange Programs indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs lists 554 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants